Synthetic biology towards the synthesis of custom-made polysaccharides

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-20

  Rehm, Bernd H A ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MACDIARMID INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNURONIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR ACID; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CROSS LINKING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; GENES, SYNTHETIC; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84922601615     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12241     Document Type: Article

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